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enCourt says French cathedral belongs to Russiahttps://www.ncronline.org/news/global/court-says-french-cathedral-belongs-russia
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<p>A French court has ruled that the St. Nicholas Cathedral in Nice, France, built with funding from Czar Nicholas II and completed just before Russia's Soviet revolution, belongs to Russia and must be handed over.</p><p>The victory is Russia's latest in a series of battles for church property around the world -- attempts by the Russian government and Russian Orthodox Church to reassert control over a widespread diaspora.</p> </section>
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:11:59 +0000Dennis Coday16774 at https://www.ncronline.org